Helicopter/Air Transfers

Hello everybody

My husband and I are travelling to CTI on the 05th October and are soooooooo excited. The only thing that's causing us some concern is the 1.5h airport transfer after an 11 hour flight! I have been looking into helicopter/air plane transfer but they seem ridiculosly expensive. We did one in St Lucia not so long ago and it was about $300 - the couple of websites we have looked at are nearly $1000 one way.

Does anybody have any suggestions or is this just the going rate. It seems crazy to pay that much for a 15 minute ride!

"Island Hoppers" is the only firm I know of that operates that route with helicopters. I'd recommend using Timair for a short (and less expensive than the helicopter) flight instead.

Depending where in St Lucia you stayed, you likely avoided several winding mountain roads over and through tall mountains in the helicopter. Though Jamaica certainly has mountains, both the Montego Bay to Ochi and MB to Negril routes are just straight, flat flights at relatively low altitude.

Catherine, as you are arriving from the UK I am assuming the flight may arrive later in the day (not sure). It gets dark by 6 PM and I believe the small hopper planes do not fly in the dark due to the airstrips not being lit (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong). The bus ride is not too bad at all and if need be you can take a nap and be fresh and ready for your first evening at CTI.

Hi,
We just got back from CSA. We took TimAir from Negril to MBJ. I don't know the specifics of CTI but I know the pilot mentioned that they fly to that part of Jamaica as well. They were great, $214 US for two of us to fly from Negril to MBJ, 17 minutes in the air instead of 1-1.5 hrs on the shuttle. We arrived started 14 hours of journey home that way and it made it much more manageable.

We use TimAir everytime we go to Jamaica. We took it in June this year to CN - cost was $109 one way for each person and it was approximately 12 minutes. Last year when we went to COR the ride was approximately 25 minutes and costs $435 round trip. The prices go up every year but it is well worth the trip - scenary is amazing! Below is the link.

Hi, Has anyone got the Timair flight after arriving on Virgin Atlantic flight from UK. We are due to arrive at 16:35 and I know that Timair only fly in daylight, is it worth booking for this reason.

TIMAIR is essentially a taxi service. If you go to their website and pre-book your flight, they will have a plane waiting for you when you arrive. You will go through customs and walk to the TIMAIR booth (their website describes where the booth is in the terminal, it's about 25 steps from the Couples lounge), and be on your way.

You may want to check in at the Couples lounge to tell them you've arrived and that you're flying with Timair. You can use the washrooms in the lounge and chug back a red stripe if you like then be on your way before the sun sets.

I know I have checked with the helicopter service from Sangster and it was very expensive... also if your luggage is over a certain weight it has to take a taxi.... I was hoping it was reasonable because I was a Marine and there is nothing better that flying in a helicopter... and it would be much faster than the prop airplanes.... bummer Couples killed that perk from repeaters to get an air transfer one way....